martes, 29 de abril de 2014

ENGLISH IS GREAT!

English is the official language of 54 different countries around the world, and is spoken over 1 billion and a half people worldwide approximately! English is used in Education, Science and Technology for example. English is becoming more and more important in some jobs like medicine, business and computing.
Historical people like William Shakespeare and King James had a very important influence in English language. Many words in English language come from Latin or Germanic. English language caught ten thousands new words from Normands. English language chose some words from India like yoga and bungalow; some words from Africa like voodoo and zombie; and some words from Australia like nugget and boomerang.



miércoles, 23 de abril de 2014

EASTER

Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter's date is 20th April 2014, because the date is not the same every year. Many Americans follow the tradition of coloring eggs and giving baskets of candy.
In some countries like Denmark, Finland or Norway, both Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays. Many businesses give to their employees the week off, called Easter break.
In Italy, people use to eat the Easter cake, called the ''Colomba Pasquale'' made of flour, eggs, sugar, butter, almonds and candied fruit, it must be yummy!!



martes, 8 de abril de 2014

THE WHEEL

I think the most important invention is the wheel, because people can go away by car or by bus, for example; and people can visit places thank to it.
Things can be moved from one place to another without problems.
The earliest wheels were made by wood. We can see wheels in India's flag and Romani's flag.
The wheel is very important today for human beings. I think that the wheel won't disappear because it is so important. We use the wheel everyday; and many objects have wheels like some chairs, tables,...